Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-249 | History, as HIST-275
Formerly listed as: ASLC-49 | HIST-57
Jerry P. Dennerline (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 275 [AS] and ASLC 249 [C].) In 1895 the emergent Japanese empire imposed a humiliating defeat on the declining Qing empire in China, began the colonization of Korea and Taiwan, and set in motion the reformist and revolutionary trends that would shape the political culture of the Chinese nation in later times. In 1919, concessions by the Chinese warlord regime in Beijing to Japan at Versailles sparked the student movement that would further radicalize the political culture and ultimately divide the nation politically between Nationalist and Communist regimes. This course focuses on the intellectual, cultural, political, and economic issues of the era in between, when, despite the weakness of the state, the creative visions and efforts of all informed people were in line with those of progressives throughout the world. We will explore these visions and efforts, with special reference to national identities, civil society, and global integration, and we will consider their fate in wartime, Cold War, and post-Cold War Asia. Two class meetings per week.
Fall semester. Professor Dennerline.
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 203
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 203
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daughter of Han: The Autobiograhpy of a Chinese Working Woman | Pruitt, Ida | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience and Myth | Cohen, Paul | Amherst Books | TBD | |||
Sun Yetsen: Seeking a Newer China | Prentice-Hall, 2010 | Gordon, David B. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
Shanghai: China's Gateway to Modernity | Stanford, 2009 | Bergere, Marie-Claire | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.